Major cuts have crippled SA’s defence force to the extent that serious questions need to be asked about it’s current structure.
They have a point, to be honest: A clip of a SANDF soldier losing control of a Rooikat vehicle went viral on Tuesday – but army officials are seething.
There was a lucky escape for these soldiers during a SANDF military drill this week, after a runaway Rooikat caused havoc in a training exercise.
President Cyril Ramaphosa will only partake in the gala dinner that is taking place at the Mittah Seperepere Convention Centre, on Friday evening.
The South African Air Force C-130BZ plane crashed after a fire broke-out near the engine on its left-wing, and videos of the aftermath have spread online.
SANDF members who were arrested in connection with the Lyttelton weapons theft, will reappear in court on 10 March after their release from custody on Friday.
Suspects accused of stealing warfare rifles from SANDF are expected back in court on Friday 3 January.
The SANDF has denied reports that weapons that were stolen from a Pretoria military base, were recovered on Tuesday in Hammanskraal.
Police Minister Bheki Cele guns military base staff for the firearms’ theft at the SANDF Lyttelton Tek Base this week.
All preliminary evidence points to an inside job.
The DA said on Tuesday 24 December 2019 that a robbery of arms at SANDF is deeply embarrassing and unacceptable.
Several members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) stationed in sugar cane country near the Zululand town of Pongola are in deep trouble after terrorising civilians during illegal raids on homes where articles were stolen and inhabitants were assaulted at will.
The minister says internal disciplinary structures within the SANDF have turned a blind eye on sexual abuse in the army.
The Committee on Defence has welcomed the news of an investigation into sexual abuse and exploitation in the SANDF.
The available funds are allocated for equipment, training and support.
The army’s deployment extension expires in March 2020.
Looks like military intervention is spilling over to other communities outside of the Cape Flats. SANDF tanks were seen rolling into Dunoon on Tuesday.
The murder rate in Western Cape has increased by 6,6%.
Alan Winde requests the army to stay deployed in Western Cape for six months.
“I will not hesitate to ask for reinforcement from the SANDF.”
SANDF troops were deployed in the Cape Flats in June, and their official mandate is set to come to an end in the middle of September.
Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula on Thursday said despite the incident in which SA National Defence Force (SANDF) deployed to the Mozambique border exchanged gunfire with police from the neighbouring state, the two nations continue to enjoy close co-operation.
Police in Cape Town have zeroed their resources in on Theodore Loggenberg, the suspect in the case of the murdered SANDF soldier.
The soldier’s body was found charred, in the trunk of his torched car.
The Delft community says the local government has no appetite to end violence.